Railway construction



A. W. RAYNE.

RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-30,1919- 1 ,338,590. e te Apr- 27, 1920.

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' APPLICATION men SEPT- 30, 1919. 1,338,590. Patented Apr. 27, 1920.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

'ALO'YSIUS w. RAYNE, or 'rULToN, MISSOURI.

RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed September 30,1919.

To all whom it may concern Be itknown that I, ALoYsIUs RAXNE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fulton, in the county of Callaway and State of Missouri, have invented new and useful. Im arovements in Railway Construction, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my present invention is the provision of a strong and durable railway construction, susceptible of being built withfacility, and having its parts so relatively arranged that the railsections are securely fastened in position, and also having rail sections so relatively arranged that they lap each other so that continuous wheel-supporting surfaces are afforded and the objectionable bumping so often experienced at rail joints is obviated.

To the attainment of the foregoing, the invention consists in the improvement as hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, hereby made a part hereof:

Figure 1 is a portion of a railway constructed in accordance with ,my invention;

the railway being shown in plan.

Fig. 2 is a view showing two sections of rails relatively arranged in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 3 is a similar view showing different types of rail sections.

Fig. 4c is a view showing the relative arrangement of one of the rail-anchoring members, to the side walls of a tie.

Fig. 5 is a section taken in the plane indicated by the line 5-5 of Fig. 1, and showing the relative arrangement of the tie, the rail-anchoring members, the rails and the rail-fastening means.

Fig. 6 is a detail View illustrative of a concrete tie reinforced and equipped in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 7 is a cross-section taken in the plane indicated by the line 77 of Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a section taken through the said tie and showing the mode of reinforcing the same.

Similar numerals designate corresponding parts in Figs. 1 to 5, to which reference will 50 first be had.

The tie 1 is of channel form, and is made of sheet-metal or cast-metal, in the discretion of the manufacturer. Because of its channel form, the tie is well adapted to re- 55 ceive and to be securely held by ballast. In the upper edges of the side walls 2 of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 27, 1920.

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tie.l, at pointspadjacent to the ends thereof, are notches 3 to 'seat'rail sections, and at oppositesides of the said notches 3, the side wallsof the tie are provided with outwardly and downwardly directed lips 4; said lips 4 extending inthe direction of the length of the tie.

The rails 6 of my novel railway are formed of longitudinal lapped sections 7. These sections 7 may be of the form shown in'Fig. 2, or in lieu of the same rail sections 7 shown in Fig. 3, or rail sections of any other suitable form may be employed without involving departure from the scope of my invention as definedv in my appended claims. Irrespective of the form of rail sections employed, the sections are arranged to break joints-z'. 0., thejoints between the ends-ofalined sections will be arranged opposite intermediate points or sections at the sides of the said meeting ends. This arrangement is materially advantageous, inasmuch as it affords a continuous surface for the support of wheels, and in that way eliminates the objectionable bumping, as when a wheel passes from one rail to an adjoining rail of the ordinary railway c011- struction.

lVith the rail sections seated in the notches 3 of the tie 1 as stated, rail-anchoring members 8 are arranged transversely on the side walls of the tie and at opposite sides of each pair of rail sections, as shown in Fig. 1. At

its ends each anchor member 8 is provided with depending arms 9 on which are beveled heads 10. The heads 10 are designed to be pressed downwardly into position and to spring into engagement with the lips 4 of the tie, with the result that the members 8 will be stron ly connected of themselves to the tie and held against upward movement therefrom. Each anchor member 8 is provided with an aperture 11 for the reception of a fastener device12 which may be and preferably is in the form of a bolt, as shown, and is provided with a head 13 to rest over and bear on the member 8, and is also equipped with a clamping member 13" and a nut 14 which latter serves to hold the member 13 against the underside of the adjacent rail base. The clamping of the anchor members 8 and the rail bases between the bolt heads 13 and the clamping members 13 serves to hold the said anchor members 8 against moving laterally away from the rail or rail sections.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that a railway constructed in the manner described, is simple and inexpensive and may be built without the employment of hi hly skilled labor.

lhe tie 1, shown in Figs. 6 and 7 is made of concrete and is reinforced as indicated by 20. In furtherance of my invention, the said tie is provided with a rail seat 3, formed by spaced pairs of walls 2 on the upper edges of which are lips at.

In the use of the modified tie 1f, the rail sections are disposed in the seat 3' and the anchor members 8 are arranged on the walls 2 at opposite sides of the seat 3, and are secured to the said walls 2 in the manner before described.

At 8*, as shown in Fig. 1, the anchor members 8 are preferably slotted, in order that the depending arms 9 may be disengaged from the adjacent lip 4% on the tie.

This will be better understood when it is stated that a prying implement is passed through a slot 8 and used to press the adjacent arm 9 outwardly away from the lip l that its head 10 engages;

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:

1. In a railway construction, the combination of a tie having a rail seat and pairs of lips at opposite sides of said seat, a rail disposed in the seat, anchor members resting in straddling position on the lips of the tie at opposite sides of the rail and having pendent beveled heads sprung into engage ment with said lips, and fasteners holding the rail and connecting the same with the anchor members.

2. In a railway construction, the combination of a tie having a rail seat and pairs of upstanding walls at opposite sides of said seat and provided with outwardly and downwardly directed lips, a rail disposed in the seat, fastener members disposed at opposite sides. of the rail and straddling the tie and having pendent portions interlocked with said lips, and fastening means connecting the rail with said members. I

3. In a railway construction, the combination with a channel form tie having side walls and notches therein and lips on said walls at opposite sides of the notches, a rail seated in said notches, anchor members at opposite sides of the rail and straddling the tie and having pendent arms and heads thereon engaged with the lips of the tie and also having slots adjacent to said arms, and means connecting the rail with the anchor members. i

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ALOYSIUS WV. RAYNE. 

